Author Notes
I made my yogurt & date cake, using whole yogurt, and I used the sweet and delicious "mazafati khorma". It has a delicate and rich flavor with notes of caramel. It’s hard to find them here in Europe and maybe they cost a little bit for using in a cake. You can always use other types of date, just make sure that if they’re the dry ones, soak them in water overnight, or slice them in smaller pieces to not have a hard bites in the cake.
For the spices I used crushed cardamom, because it’s perfect with dates, and because its perfume reminds me of my grandma’s kitchen in Bam. I usually serve this cake with regular yogurt, if you are not a yogurt fan, you can always try it with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream. Hope you enjoy x —Noghlemey
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Ingredients
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3 tablespoons
vegetable oil (sunflower) or light olive oil
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10 pieces
Mazafati Dates
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400 grams
sugar
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3 pieces
free range eggs
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250 grams
whole plain yogurt
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1 piece
zest of lemon
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250 milliliters
vegetable oil or light olive oil
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450 grams
"00" flour
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2 grams
Salt
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2 teaspoons
baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon
crushed cardamom
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1 cup
yogurt
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1 cup
vanilla Ice cream
Directions
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Preheat the oven to 160°C/320°F/gas 2½ .
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I used 2 cake tins for this recipe 1x30cm rectangular cake tin and 1x16cm springform tin, line the bottom and sides with parchment paper, or grease with butter & flour, set them aside.
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Pit the dates, then remove the skin if you prefer. In a non stick frying pan, add 2-3 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil (or vegetable oil) and slightly fry them. I fried them with the skin. Set aside to cool down.
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In a bowl, beat the eggs with the sugar until soft and creamy. Add the yogurt, the zest of a lemon, the oil, and mix until almost combined.
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In another bowl, add the dry ingredients; flour, salt, baking powder & cardamom. Then add them into the cake mix, stir until soft and creamy but do not overdo mix. Add half of the fried dates.
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Pour the mixture into the tin and place the rest with the dates on top, bake for 45 to 50 minutes. When the cake is cooked inside, rise the oven to 180°C/350ºF/gas 4 and bake to golden the surface.
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Remove from the oven, and let the cake cool for 10 minutes. Then place it in your serving dish. Serve it warm with vanilla ice cream, or let it cool down completely and serve it with some yogurt, or whipped cream.
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